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A swish new restaurant is set to open and swipe customers from the village pub.

A swish new restaurant is set to open and swipe customers from The Shipcombe Arms. Stars Rupert Vansittart. From 1999.

A swish new restaurant is set to open.  

The Teal and Ptarmigan will be the first ever competition to The Shipcombe Arms. 

But will its shady gestation be revealed?

Sitcom about  Shipcombe Green - a village divided between the full-time residents and the weekenders.

Written by Bill Matthews

Marina …. Diana Hardcastle
Terence .... Philip Bretherton
Mrs Thorogood .... Gillian Barge
Mr Thorogood .... Rupert Vansittart
Christine .... Susan Brown
Norman .... Gavin Muir
Felicity .... Gemma Saunders
Robbie .... Tim Treloar
Lawrence Fyffe .... Tom Marshall
Smith/Davey .... Tom George
Sandra …. Beth Chalmers
Local Girl …. Fiona Clarke

Other parts played by members of the cast

Music composed and performed by Terry Davies.

Director: Paul Miller

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.

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Shipcombe Green is a village divided between the villagers and the weekenders.

Shipcombe Green is a village divided between the villagers and the weekenders. Will they ever get on?

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